I wish Donati would show some stones and get rid of Mainieri immediately, but his acceptance of sub-mediocrity is evidenced by staying the course with Paris.
(Blah blah about buyouts. We’ll continue to swim in debt as long as our teams suck and nobody shows up to watch)
South Carolina Baseball under Paul Mainieri is now 7-34 against power conference competition, 6-28 vs the SEC.
The worst this program has been in my lifetime… I was born in late 1976.
This despite…
-A top 10 baseball operating budget nationally.
-A top half in the SEC (at least) NIL budget that was increased significantly year over year.
-A mostly new roster and a lineup that was supposed to be the strength.
Beyond the wins and losses
-Founders Park is way, way empty for the first time ever
-The state of SC is loaded with baseball talent and a double digit number of those players are heading to power conference programs the Gamecocks have to compete against.
-It’s interesting that some of the pitching has been better and some has been elite and the catcher is calling the pitches this year, the only coaching type change that was made after last season.
Baseball folks, is there hope? Is this “just baseball” … seems that either the recruiting coordinator (Terry Rooney) whiffed on double digit players in the portal or they aren’t being coached for success. But you folks that know the game well… what do you think?
Gamecock Baseball is 0-12 under Paul Mainieri in Game 3s of series against the SEC/Clemson. They will try to snap that streak at Noon today in Gainesville, but the track record says there is little chance.
In those games, Carolina has been outscored.
Cumulatively: 109-40
Average Score: 9.08-3.33
Average Margin of Defeat: 5.75 runs
I have some more cold, hard baseball facts for later. This is the worst this program has been in my lifetime and I was born in late 1976.
Stop me where you've heard this before.
Paul Mainieri is now 7-33 against power conference competition as the coach of the Gamecocks. He is 6-27 against the SEC.